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Crystal Palace aims to become sponsors’ “club of choice in London”
South London football club Crystal Palace is a model for aspirational second-tier teams. The club's commercial director, Barry Webber, tells Adam Nelson how a nimble and flexible commercial strategy has helped the club to capitalise on its top-flight status.
West Ham partners with fan voting platform Socios
West Ham has become the first Premier League club to partner with fan engagement and tokenization platform Socios.com.
The Socios
Spurs and Somerset lead the way on growing retail through social, but clubs still leaving money on the table
Research from marketing agency Red Hot Penny suggests clubs across the UK need major rethink of how they convert social engagement into retail sales
9 revenue-generating features at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Wi-Fi network and Bluetooth beacons capture crowd movements
Catering JV to offer more food and beverage options and speedier service
Brands backing women’s sport is wonderful – but they are followers, not leaders
Richard Gillis on why we should avoid the trap of projecting a moral compass on to multinationals, or thinking that brands take a leading role in important societal issues.
Roma and the Bundesliga bring the banter to win fans and engage people on social media
As clubs and rights-holders from across football continue to adopt more human and humorous voices on social media, representatives from AS Roma and the Bundesliga explain the commercial benefits that underpin the strategy.
Everton FC | Gathering fan data in the age of GDPR
Ben Cronin asks Everton's director of risk & governance Paul McNicholas; Kyle Cockett, senior insight manager; and the club's first data protection officer Ian Garratt about its strategies regarding how it uses fan data.
How can clubs profit from betting partnerships without suffering reputational damage?
Betting sponsorships have proliferated in English football, but how are clubs activating these partnerships and building fruitful relationships in an evolving sector? We talk with two speakers from Sports Betting Community’s Betting on Football 2019 conference to find out.
Le Floc’h: Fifa Women’s World Cup sponsorship rights could be unbundled in 2022
Women’s World Cup currently has two-tier sponsorship model
Global Partner tier includes sponsorship rights to all Fifa events
Visa’s commitment to women’s football lays down a challenge for other sponsors
Every so often, a moment changes the sports marketing world forever. Some moments happen behind closed doors, and only reveal their significance later. Others literally shake the world instantly. Another one of those moments might just have happened, in women’s football.
Caixa withdrawal likely to accelerate Brazilian football’s short-term sponsorship trend
Brazilian state building society spending was as much as 20 per cent of the 2018 shirt sponsorship market in Brazil
Atlanta United use fans as ambassadors to enter global elite for attendance
MLS team averaged over 53,000 fans per game last year in just the club's second season
Gate revenue on a par with teams in world's top-five leagues, says club president Eales
Pan-continental Euro 2020 offers “unparalleled commercial platform”, argues Uefa’s Guy-Laurent Epstein
Uefa marketing director Guy-Laurent Epstein tells Adam Nelson how the body has devised a new commercial structure to take advantage of the the pan-continental format for the 2020 European Championship.
Eastern promise for LaLiga
In association with LaLiga
Bundesliga’s Asian Growth Driven by Local Strategy
In association with Bundesliga International
Liverpool diversifies revenue streams to post record profit
Liverpool FC's Billy Hogan tells SportBusiness Professional how diversifying revenue streams and engaging with the club's global fanbase helped the club toward posting world-record profits and doubling its commercial revenue.
DC United leverages twin impact of Audi Field and ‘Rooney effect’ into new deals
MLS team's commercial prospects given ‘dramatic overhaul’ by move to $400m stadium
Mixed-use development with sportsbook planned to capitalise on sports betting legislation
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Premier League clubs show the value in community service
In the commercial battleground of English football, clubs are investing time and money in establishing community and CSR initiatives without any realistic prospect of a tangible return on investment. SportBusiness asks why, through the lens of three examples from the Premier League.
Sean Jefferson | Director of partnerships, Man United
Sean Jefferson was among the 10 executives whose work in 2018 we believe indicates the direction of the sports business in 2019 and beyond.